April’s Bout Of Books 6.0 Goals

Y’all, I’ve decided that with my crazy insane goodreads challenge, I might as well participate in Bout Of Books to give myself a bit of a boost with my numbers.Plus, it’s a fun way to interact with members of the community that I might not already know.

Here’s the official blurb from the website:

“The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 7th and runs through Sunday, January 13th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 6.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. -From the Bout of Books 6.0 team”

So, because the readathon is pretty much like 6 days, I am going to try to get in 7 books, which is a little more than a book per day.

Here’s my plan a little more specifically —

Read before heading off to work

Utilize audiobooks in my car and while doing boring filing things at work

Read for at least 30 minutes during my lunch break

Set alarm/timer to make sure I read for 90 minutes a night

Oh, and I bet you’re curious about the pile:

Here’s what I picked:

Personal Effects by EM Kokie audiobook – because it’s narrated by Nick Podehl and I’m listening to it now and quite liking it.

Scent Of Magic by Maria V. Snyder – picked this because it’s a Vine book and I have a resolution about reading all of them.

Altered by Jennifer Rush – This has short chapters plus it published 1/2/13, so I need to read it and get it out of the way.

April is in her 30s and created Good Books And Good Wine. She works for a non-profit. April always has a book on hand. In her free time she can be found binge watching The Office with her husband and toddler, spending way too much time on Pinterest or exploring her neighborhood.

WOW this is an awesome challenge- good luck! I would love to read any of the books on your pile…the only one I have read is ‘The Spindlers’ and I really enjoyed that one; it is very cute and whimsical! x

7 books is an awesome goal! I have Altered from netgalley and while not on my official list, I’d like to try and get to it too. Wings of Fire was a cute book, I really enjoyed it, and it’s a fairly quick read. Good luck with your goals this week April!

One of my friends is reading Altered right now and she said it’s fast read, so I think you’ll likely get to it. I’m so glad Wings Of Fire is cute and quick because that’s definitely what I am looking for right now. Thanks, Cait!

Oooh! I love your list. The only one I’ve read is Something Strange and Deadly (LOVED IT), but I also can’t wait to read Through the Ever Night and Falling For You as well. Also, I completely admire you for trying for seven books in one week. I don’t think I could ever do that. Good luck!

I am so glad to hear you LOVED Something Strange And Deadly, that really gives me hope for when I read it. Ha ha, the seven books basically means that I’m going to turn into a hermit or something just so that I can finish it.

Oh April you have an awesome stack of books to choose from, Something Strange and Deadly, Falling For You and Through the Ever Night are in my tbr piles, but I didn’t choose to pick them up for this read-athon! I’ve just decided to go for three books, hopefully I’ll be able to read more! Good luck with all your goals! 🙂

I’m hoping to read Scent of Magic for the read-a-thon too. I love your read-a-thon strategies! I like to read at least a half hour every morning before work too. I just need to work on reading after I get home in the evenings. I always mean to but it hasn’t been happening! Good luck with the read-a-thon and I hope you meet your goals!

Looks like we have two books in common: Through The Ever Night and Falling For You.

I’m reading Through The Ever Night because I totally loved Under The Never Sky, and I’m reading Falling For You because the blurb caught my attention and it looks like a good pick to use as part of the 2013 Contemporary Challenge.

Uh oh, I’m getting kind of a little bit nervous. I have started Splintered and am kind of bored by it, but I’m looking forward to the others listed. ALSO quite a few people have endorsed Something Strange And Deadly, so I am DEFINITELY looking forward to that one.

Yeah, Prophecy was…something. Revolution 19 I’ve seen pretty much universally pandered by the peeps I know. Altered has hot boys, but that’s like it. The Spindlers was alright, but defs not Oliver’s best (probs her worst, though she’s awesome, so not on the same scale as the others).

Wow, that looks like an intriguing pile of books April! I like the timer idea for committing to a period of reading each night – might steal it 😉 Really interested in Falling for You & your thoughts on it.

Also, how can you fail when you have a co-blogger as motivating as Allision?!? Haha, I love her message above.

Steal away! I love having a timer going because it forces me to not check twitter or email or screw around but instead actually stay focused on my book for a predetermined amount of time. PLUS! I am always amazed at exactly how much I end up reading once the timer goes off.

I’m glad to hear that Personal Effects is good. I am loving the audiobook so far. Yeah, I like Bout Of Books because it challenges you to fit in more reading into your day. I’m lucky that it’s in January when my work is kind of slow.

I just started The Spindlers this morning and I like the way it begins and so far I’m keeping an open mind. I will make sure to review Altered as soon as I finish it. Good luck to you with BoB as well. 🙂

Yeah, seven books is totally much more than my normal amount. I did finish my first book yesterday though so now it’s only six more to go. I know that I’ll get most of those books read during the weekend which is normally when I get most of my reading done.

I’m pretty retentive about my reading so I try to organize what I’m going to read a few books in advance, although with my audiobooks I’m a little less organized. Sometimes it’s nice to have freedom to pick last minute though. 🙂

Holy ARCs! You picked some great books to read! And I love the time limits you set on reading. 🙂 I really should set a timer at night to see how long I’m reading. I know there are some nights where I fall asleep after a few pages.

Hello Reader Friends!

I’m April and am absolutely delighted you stopped by.

You know that person who always has a book in their purse and a glass of wine on hand? THAT’S ME.

In my free time I can be found binge watching The Office with my husband and baby, spending way too much time on Pinterest or exploring my neighborhood. I’m so excited to chat with you about all the books we’re reading and listening to.